1.   Fears of conflict in Congress, particularly with southern Democrats, made Kennedy hesitate to bring forward civil rights legislation.

2.   The aim of the Democrat civil rights legislation was to prevent employers from discriminating against minorities even if such discrimination was unintentional.

3.   The civil rights legislation of the United States has been especially inspirational.

4.   Although he supported a wide range of liberal causes, he dutifully opposed civil rights legislation and even said the Supreme Court decision was wrong.

5.   And Truman, as president, ordered the integration of the armed services and pushed for important civil rights legislation.

6.   And, his campaign says, he has consistently backed civil rights legislation.

7.   At the time, he was a fierce, filibustering enemy of civil rights legislation.

8.   Bond noted that many of the individuals and groups advocating privatization are the same ones that originally opposed Social Security, civil rights legislation, and affirmative action.

9.   Buchanan has consistently opposed and disparaged civil rights legislation, and some years ago he called for annexing western Canada so the United States could get more white people.

10.   But even with that shift in power, he was unable to win passage of Medicare, civil rights legislation, federal aid to education and other domestic reforms.